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Real estate businesses in Todd County, MN

The real estate businesses in Todd County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #624 of 2,229 scored counties
#14 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
18
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$135.3M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,258 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
174
74% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.6
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,060
+3.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Todd County spend about $135.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,258 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 74% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.

Todd County has 18 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 17.6 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Todd County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,702 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Todd County grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Todd County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #624 of 2,229 scored counties and #14 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Todd County compares

The same measures for Minnesota and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.

Real estate in Todd County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureTodd CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.636.438.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)17496100
Households per official establishment1,702402414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.5%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,258$15,162$16,661
Median household income$67,662$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score5936

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 6
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$365K
One-person businesses, 2023
44Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
181 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Todd County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Todd County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,060+3.0% since 2020
Households
10,209
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
945 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$67,662+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,713
Median home value
$207,700
Jobs located here
6,886
Daytime population
21,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Todd County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Dodge County, MN791012.4282+2.3%#41 of 2,229
2Fillmore County, MN711011.5280+1.4%#186 of 2,229
3Kanabec County, MN681015.2205+3.6%#278 of 2,229
4Nicollet County, MN661914.6230−0.7%#337 of 2,229
5Clay County, MN643613.6240+3.6%#403 of 2,229
6Carlton County, MN642014.2229+1.4%#407 of 2,229
7Sibley County, MN631016.9195+3.6%#459 of 2,229
8Polk County, MN61118.9354−1.8%#523 of 2,229
9Faribault County, MN61813.2233−0.1%#531 of 2,229
10Wadena County, MN61813.2224+1.9%#533 of 2,229
14Todd County, MN591817.6174+3.0%#624 of 2,229

Other business types in Todd County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Todd County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 real estate businesses in Todd County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Todd County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $135.3M a year, or $13,258 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 18 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 74% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,209 households in Todd County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Todd County, MN compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Todd County has 17.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 174, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Todd County would have about 31, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,702 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Todd County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Todd County at 26,060 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,209 households. Median household income in Todd County is $67,662, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Todd County scores 59 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #624 of 2,229 scored counties.

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